I have a question about episode nine...

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It involves chess, and since it also involves ep. 9 plot points, I'm putting it in a cut. That's right, right? I've never posted here before. :D

I'm pretty sure you can't put yourself in check. By moving his king like that, didn't Schneizel intentionally put himself in check, and thus break the rules? Or is it excused because by having his king next to Lelouch's, Lelouch was also in check? But I thought you weren't allowed to put yourself in check even if it was to put the other person in check/checkmate... See, this is why I'm confused.

Someone who's better with the rules of chess can help, yes? This is seriously bugging me.

Oh, and I'm not sure what else to tag this as, sorry. I know, I fail at life. D:

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It's a Sunrise show. I highly doubt they were aware such a rule existed, and even if they did, they probably preferred going with that scene over paying attention to that rule.

I recall an /a/ thread where someone looked at the chess board in R2 episode 1 and figured out that Lulu didn't actually have him in checkmate, going off the board as it was.